Tuckasegee River (Bryson City)

Live conditions for Tuckasegee River (Bryson City): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.

Right now

695cfs↘ fallingfishable

Inside the wade band, falling · -34.4% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp—

Stage2.02 ft

Engine callGO 886 cfs in the wade band

Gauge read 1:15 AM CDT · USGS 03513000. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Tuckasegee River (Bryson City) is a tailwater below Duke Energy — Thorpe / Cullowhee in North Carolina, fished for trout, smallmouth bass — rainbow, brown, brook. On dam-controlled water the generation schedule is the whole story: the wade window is the no-generation block, and rising water at the gauge means the pulse is arriving.

troutsmallmouth bassrainbow troutbrown troutbrook trout

Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.

Access

Ela Accesscarry
Darnell Farms / US 19 Bridge Accessbridge
Old River Road / Mercer Riverfront Park Accesswalk in
Bryson City Island Parkwalk in
Island Street Fishing Pier & Put-inramp
Slope Street Bridgebridge
Old 288 Boating Access Area (David Monteith Park)ramp

Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.

The briefing

Know before you drive to Tuckasegee River.

Every morning OUTFISH reads this gauge, the dam schedule, the water temperature, the sky and the tips library, and writes one plain-language call for the waters you track: go or stay home, wade or float, when to be on the water, where to put in, what to tie on — with directions.

Start free — 7 days of Guide

Signed in: the wade and float bands, the full hatch calendar, safety notes, the 14-day trend, shop reports and today's briefing for this water.

This month

Active in September:

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The full calendar by month, with notes, is on the signed-in river page.

Verify it yourself

The same sources the engine reads, straight from the agency:

USGS gauge ↗

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